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In what direction is the oceanic crust beneath the Hawaiian islands moving?
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Is Hawaii made up of eight islands?
Island arcs are formed by the subduction of an oceanic plate beneath another oceanic plate. The oceanic plate that is subducted beneath the other plate melts as it is pushed down into the mantle and creates a source of magma. The magma rises and forms volcanoes which create the islands of the island arc. The Hawaiian islands are formed by a mantle plume which is roughly in the center of the Pacific plate. The plate is moving across the plume and the islands are being formed in a line as the plate moves. The Hawaiian islands don't count as an island arc because they are formed in a completely different process and because they are roughly in a line, not an arc.
The Hawaiian volcanoes are good examples of volcanoes.?
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Is oceanic oceanic convergence?
oceanic convergence is when two oceanic plates subduct beneath one another.
What is Oceanic convergence?
oceanic convergence is when two oceanic plates subduct beneath one another.
When oceanic lithosphere subducts beneath oceanic lithosphere?
An island arc forms.
Is Hawaii made up of eight islands?
Island arcs are formed by the subduction of an oceanic plate beneath another oceanic plate. The oceanic plate that is subducted beneath the other plate melts as it is pushed down into the mantle and creates a source of magma. The magma rises and forms volcanoes which create the islands of the island arc. The Hawaiian islands are formed by a mantle plume which is roughly in the center of the Pacific plate. The plate is moving across the plume and the islands are being formed in a line as the plate moves. The Hawaiian islands don't count as an island arc because they are formed in a completely different process and because they are roughly in a line, not an arc.
Which type of landform develop at plate boundaries where one oceanic plate descends beneath another?
The landform that develops at plate boundaries where one oceanic plate descends beneath another is known as a volcanic islands arc.
what are examples for subduction?
An oceanic plate can descend beneath another oceanic plate - Japan, Indonesia, and the Aleutian Islands are examples of this type of subduction. Alternately, an oceanic plate can descend beneath a continental plate - South America, Central America, and the Cascade Volcanoes are an example of this type of subduction.
The Hawaiian volcanoes are good examples of volcanoes.?
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Is oceanic oceanic convergence?
oceanic convergence is when two oceanic plates subduct beneath one another.
What oceanic convergence?
oceanic convergence is when two oceanic plates subduct beneath one another.
What is Oceanic convergence?
oceanic convergence is when two oceanic plates subduct beneath one another.
What is an oceanic oceanic convergence?
The Aleutian Islands
When oceanic lithosphere subducts beneath oceanic lithosphere?
An island arc forms.
What features form at a hot spot.?
They form volcanic mountains by heating magma that breaks through the crust. On the oceanic plates, these crustal hot spots can form chains of volcanic islands such as the Hawaiian Islands.
Are andaman and nicobar islands continental or oceanic?
oceanic
What is the crust beneath the oceans?
Oceanic Crust
